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FILE – France manager Vincent Collet (L) and Victor Wembanyama talk before the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers match between France and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Pau, southwestern France, on November 14, 2022. (Photo by GAIZKA IROZ / AFP)
PARIS — Victor Wembanyama will aim for the gold medal with France at the Olympic Games in Paris.
The San Antonio Spurs rookie reaffirmed his commitment to the French national team during the Summer Games in his home country next year. He was speaking in the wake of France’s poor performance at the Fiba World Cup last month, where he did not play.
“Performing well at the Olympics would be a great story,” Wembanyama told French media. “I will be at the Olympic Games and there is no other goal than gold.”
“The World Cup was very disappointing,” he said on Tuesday. “But I can’t judge because I wasn’t there.”
The No. 1 draft pick had decided not to play in the World Cup to prepare for his rookie season.
France came to the World Cup as the reigning Olympic silver medalist, but failed to qualify for the second round.
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